• Song:

    Song For Sleeping

  • Artist:

    Stone Temple Pilots

Stone Temple Pilots - "A song for sleeping"
Album: Shangri la de da
Standard Tuning - Acoustic & Lead Slide Guitar for solo
tabbed by jjhand



Intro - play 2x, let notes ring

E|-2----2----------2----------------|
A|-2----2------2h4-----2------------|
D|-3----3------------3-----3--------|
G|-4----4----4-----------4-------4--|
B|-4----4--------------------4h6----|
E|-2----2---------------------------|


For Verse, play Riff 1 4x, 
                Lick 1 2x, 
                Riff 1 2x, 
                Lick 1 2x, 
                Riff 1 2x

Riff 1:
e|------------------------2-2-2--|
B|------------------------2-2-2--|
G|-3----3----3--3-3--3----3-3-3--|
D|-4----4----4--4-4--4-----------|
A|-4----4----4--4-4--4-----------|
E|-2----2----2--2-2--2-----------|

Lick 1:
E|-----11------------9----------------|
A|---9----9---9----9---9----9----9----|
D|-9--------9---11-------11---11------|
G|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|



Prechorus:
E|------2-------2---|-----2-------2---|
A|----3-------3-----|---3-------3-----|
D|--2-------2-------|-1-------1-------|
G|------------------|-----------------|
B|------------------|-----------------|
E|------------------|-----------------|

E|------2-------2---|-----2-------2---|---------------------|
A|----3-------3-----|---3-------3-----|---------------------|
D|--2-------2-------|-1-------1-------|---------------------|
G|------------------|---------------4-|-5----5---5---7--7-7-|
B|------------------|---------------4-|-5----5---5---7--7-7-|
E|------------------|---------------2-|-3----3---3---5--5-5-|



Chorus
e|-0----0---0-0-0---0-0-|-0----0---0-0-0---0-0-|
B|-4----4---4-4-4---4-4-|-4----4---4-4-4---4-4-|
G|-4----4---4-4-4---4-4-|-4----4---4-4-4---4-4-|
D|-4----4---4-4-4---4-4-|-4----4---4-4-4---4-4-|
A|-2----2---2-2-2---2-2-|-0----0---0-0-0---0-0-|
E|----------------------|----------------------|

e|-0----0---0-0-0---0-0-|-0----0---0-0-0---0-0----|
B|-4----4---4-4-4---4-4-|-4----4---4-4-4---4-4----|
G|-4----4---4-4-4---4-4-|-4----4---4-4-4---4-4----|
D|-2----2---2-2-2---2-2-|-4----4---4-4-4---4-4----|
A|----------------------|-2----2---2-2-2---2-2----|
E|----------------------|-------------------------|


Play Verse and Chorus again


Solo (Guitar 2 w/ slide)
e|--------------|---------------|---------------|--------2-|
B|----7---------|---------------|---2---------2-|----------|
G|----------/10-|-/10--\-3--3-1-|-/3----3-1/3---|-1/3------|
D|--------------|---------------|---------------|----------|
A|--------------|---------------|---------------|----------|
E|--------------|---------------|---------------|----------|

e|-/4---2--4/5-|--7\5-----7-|-/9---7----------7-|-/9---7--------|
B|-------------|------------|--------10~---10---|--------10~--9-|
G|-------------|------------|-------------------|---------------|
D|-------------|------------|-------------------|---------------|
A|-------------|------------|-------------------|---------------|
E|-------------|------------|-------------------|---------------|

e|---------------|-----------------| 
B|-7-------9\7---|-7/9---7---------|    Chorus again in last bar
G|-------------8-|-----------------|    of solo, so these overlap.
D|---------------|-----------------|
A|---------------|-----------------|
E|---------------|-----------------|


Play Chorus 3x to finish song, 
 * The last Chorus slows down and drops out before the final chords
   listen to the song to get this right


key-

/ or \ - slides
h      - hammer-on
p      - pull-off

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